It turns out the element I had was bad. I bought a couple today and it turns out RS has 3 different electret elements. The one I had has 3 wires which makes it easier to use an outboard bias supply. They also have a PC mount one with 2 leads and one with 2 wire leads. I used the 2 wire lead one (red wire to pin 1 and black to pin 7) and it sounds fine to me with the monitor. I'll get on air reports tonight with the usual group on 1.947. Believe me, they will let me know if it sounds bad.
Dave Yarnes wrote: > > The Radio Shack electret elements can be used to make a very effective > (and > cheap) microphone. I've used them a number of times, as have many others. > Perhaps you did get a bad one, but that's easy enough to verify by simply > trying another one--they only cost a couple of bucks. One thing though, > you > need to house the element in a proper way. I don't know how you are doing > it, but hopefully you are mounting the element is a good microphone > housing > of some sort. > > However, I'm confused by your wiring description. You should only need to > make one connection to pin 1--the microphone lead. The K3 applies the > bias > based on the internal settings you make through the menu. > > Dave W7AQK > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "NZ0T" <n...@cox.net> > To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 5:56 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Microphone question - K3 > > >> >> I tried a RS electret element I have here and the audio is distorted and >> weak >> - do I have a bad element or am I doing something wrong? I wired the >> element directly to the mic wires bypassing the transformer in the mic >> with >> no cap or resistor. The red wire and audio to pin 1 and the ground to >> pin >> 7. Guess I'm clueless when it comes to electret mics! > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Microphone-question---K3-tp1686616p1691898.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
